#AA9C35#AA9C35

#AA9C35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.122 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C35
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 68.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -7.02, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 53.89, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0243 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.122 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1099, 32.5813, 8.1229)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C35 #3543AA

analogous

#AA6135 #AA9C35 #7DAA35

triadic

#AA9C35 #35AA9C #9C35AA

tetradic

#AA9C35 #35AA61 #3543AA #AA357D

square

#AA9C35 #35AA61 #3543AA #AA357D

split-complementary

#AA9C35 #357DAA #6135AA

monochromatic

#4D4618 #7B7126 #AA9C35 #C9BB53 #D8CE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AA9C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#AA9C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C35

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C35	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.122 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b872',
    500: '#aa9c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c35;
$custom-light: #c6b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68571,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C35

secondary

#7A82C1

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C35

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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